Bomb Explosion In Tel Aviv Israel Confirmed Terrorist Attack

JAKARTA - The bomb explosion in Tel Aviv on Sunday night was confirmed to be a terrorist attack.

The male perpetrator detonated a suicide bombing near my neck. See pedestrians reportedly injured.

"It can now be ascertained that this is a terror attack," Israeli police and intelligence agency Shin Bet said in a joint statement.

Sunday's explosion comes about an hour after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv to push for a ceasefire in Gaza that would end a 10-month war between Israel and Hamas.

There is an increased urgency to reach a ceasefire agreement amid fears of an increase in conflict in the wider region. Iran threatened to retaliate against Israel after the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31.